MONROVIA, liberia — Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more Marines, as West Africa’s leaders pleaded for the world’s help in dealing with “a tragedy unforeseen in modern times.”
“Our people are dying,” said Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma in a videoconference at a World Bank meeting in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. fleet that landed outside the Liberian capital of Monrovia consisted of four MV-22 Ospreys and two KC-130s.
The 100 additional Marines bring to more than 300 the number of American service members in the country, said Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the commander leading the U.S. response.
Meanwhile, British authorities said they would introduce “enhanced” screening of travelers for Ebola at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar rail terminals.
